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Giovanni Baglione

The Emperor Constantine Copronymous Burned by an Invisible Fire (recto); Studies of Sibyls and Angles (verso)

ca. 1599–1610
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (recto). Pen and brown ink, over black chalk (verso)
19.4 × 20.6 cm (7.6 × 8.1 in)

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